selfie
selfie meaning
A hand holding a phone to take a selfie, added in Emoji 9. 0. It stands for the selfie — a genuinely new cultural form that barely existed before front-facing cameras and now shapes how a whole generation photographs itself. The emoji arrived just as the word entered every dictionary in the world.
Meaning
A hand holding a phone to take a selfie, added in Emoji 9.0. It stands for the selfie — a genuinely new cultural form that barely existed before front-facing cameras and now shapes how a whole generation photographs itself. The emoji arrived just as the word entered every dictionary in the world. It appears in photography and social contexts, and it names something that barely existed a generation ago.
Trend over time
Wikipedia pageviews (CC-BY-SA) — Selfie
How to use it
- Selfie, and I took forty before one worked 🤳
- A cultural form that did not exist twenty years ago 🤳
- Front camera, best angle 🤳
How it looks
OFL-1.1 / Apache-2.0
Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).
CC-BY-4.0
Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).
CC-BY-SA-4.0
OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.
Apache-2.0
Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).
Emoji look different on Apple, Google, Samsung, and other platforms.
Related emoji
This emoji in other languages
Available in 100 languages
Show all language names
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | selfie |
| አማርኛ | እራስ ፎቶ ማንሳት |
| العربية | صورة سيلفي |
| অসমীয়া | ছেল্ফি |
| azərbaycan | özçəkim |
| башҡорт | селфи |
| беларуская | сэлфі |
| български | селфи |
| বাংলা | সেলফি |
| bosanski | selfi |
| català | autofoto |
| ᏣᎳᎩ | ᎣᏮᏌ ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎢ |
| čeština | selfie |
| чӑваш чӗлхи | селфи |
| Cymraeg | hunlun |
| Deutsch | Selfie |
| dolnoserbšćina | selfie |
| Ελληνικά | selfie |
| English | selfie |
| español | selfi |
| eesti | selfi |
| euskara | autoargazkia |
| فارسی | خودگرفت |
| suomi | selfie |
| Filipino | selfie |
| føroyskt | sjálvsmynd |
| français | selfie |
| Gaeilge | féinín |
| Gàidhlig | fèineag |
| galego | autofoto |
| ગુજરાતી | સેલ્ફી |
| Hausa | hoton kanka |
| עברית | יד מצלמת סלפי |
| हिन्दी | सेल्फ़ी |
| hrvatski | selfie |
| hornjoserbšćina | selfie |
| magyar | szelfi |
| հայերեն | սելֆի |
| Indonesia | selfie |
| íslenska | sjálfa |
| italiano | selfie |
| 日本語 | セルフィー |
| Jawa | foto selfi |
| ქართული | სელფი |
| қазақ тілі | селфи |
| قازاق ءتىلى (توتە) | سەلفي |
| ខ្មែរ | selfie |
| ಕನ್ನಡ | ಸೆಲ್ಫಿ |
| 한국어 | 셀카 |
| कोंकणी | सेल्फी |
| кыргызча | селфи |
| ລາວ | ເຊວຟີ |
| lietuvių | asmenukė |
| latviešu | pašfoto |
| македонски | селфи |
| മലയാളം | സെൽഫി |
| монгол | селфи |
| मराठी | सेल्फी |
| Melayu | swafoto |
| မြန်မာ | ဆယ်ဖီ |
| नेपाली | सेल्फी |
| Nederlands | selfie |
| norsk | selfie |
| ଓଡ଼ିଆ | ସେଲଫି |
| ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | ਸੈਲਫੀ |
| Naijíriá Píjin | Sẹ́lfi |
| polski | selfie |
| پښتو | سيلفي |
| português | selfie |
| rumantsch | selfie |
| română | selfie |
| русский | селфи |
| سنڌي | سيلفي |
| တႆး | သႄႇလ်ၾီႇ |
| සිංහල | සෙල්ෆි |
| slovenčina | selfie |
| slovenščina | selfi |
| Soomaali | sawir iska-qaadis |
| shqip | foto vetjake |
| српски | селфи |
| srpski | selfi |
| svenska | selfie |
| Kiswahili | selfi |
| தமிழ் | செல்ஃபி |
| తెలుగు | సెల్ఫీ |
| ไทย | เซลฟี่ |
| ትግርኛ | ሴልፊ ምውሳድ |
| türkmen dili | selfi |
| lea fakatonga | faitaaʻi pē kita |
| Türkçe | selfie |
| українська | селфі |
| اردو | سیلفی |
| o‘zbek | selfi |
| Tiếng Việt | tự sướng |
| Èdè Yorùbá | Yiya Ara ẹni |
| 粵語 | 自拍 |
| 粤语 | 自拍 |
| 中文 | 自拍 |
| 繁體中文 | 自拍 |
| isiZulu | uzishuthe |
Technical details
- Codepoints
- U+1F933
- Emoji version
- 3
- Shortcodes
- :selfie:
- Category
- People & Body
FAQ
- What does the selfie emoji (🤳) mean?
- A hand holding a phone to take a selfie, added in Emoji 9. 0. It stands for the selfie — a genuinely new cultural form that barely existed before front-facing cameras and now shapes how a whole generation photographs itself. The emoji arrived just as the word entered every dictionary in the world.
- How do you type the selfie emoji?
- Copy the selfie emoji 🤳 directly from this page and paste it anywhere — messages, social media, documents, or code. On mobile, long-press to copy.
- What category is the selfie emoji in?
- The selfie emoji belongs to the People & Body category.